Improvement in mouse-traps



.` To all 'whom it'mag'/ concern :i Y

. y Be it known thatwe, EDWARD BUCKMAN and ALEXANDER BUGKMAN, both ofBrooklyn, in the.

Anl )vvaun BUCKMAN AND ALEXANDERBUGKMAN; 0F `BROOKE@ ANEW Your;

Lettersiiiateut'lto. 108,104, datedV October v11, 41870,antedatedseptexuber- 30, 1870.

"The Scliedule/sefered to in these Letters Patent` and making part ofthe sme.

county of Kings ai1tl Sta te` ,ot'Ncw York, have invented va new anduseful Improvement in Mouse- `'1 1' aps,of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, referencefbeing had to theaccompanyingfdrawing"forniing'part of this specification, and,iuwbicli-f. 'i i Figure'l'represents a plan of our improvedmousevrtrap, wheuset; A w

Figure 2, a side yiew of `the `same, nmler'a similar conditionp f l `1Figure 3, aside vie\v` of said trap, whcu released from. its set; and

t Figure 45a seetioual'elevation thereof undera like condition? i` S nla'r `letters ot`, 1"eferen`ce indicate corresponding` parts. olAlthougdl applicable to diii'erent kinds o f mousetraps, our-inventionis particlarly well adapted, and` will-herebe described asfappliedto-traps of wcllknown construction, and 4which consist cfa hollowwoodeuflblock,provided with one or more inte-rior t chambers and lateralentry-holes, and with af swinging bait-hook to each chamber-,operating`in concert l with a setting-wire ordevice and spring or elastic 'wiresaddle that, when released, lifts a wire-catching strap. i

i f Our invention mainly consists in the'applicaftion, in

place ofthe usual setting-wire, that is dificult toad `,]'ustj, f alever-like dev ice, having its forward end so curved or shaped, and theupper end of the bait-hook so s formed, and said lhook so hung that, bysimply 'essing down or operatingsuch lever on its fulerum,

Jtis` made tocatch over the bait-hoolr, and so set the ftrap.'`

Referring to the accompanying drawingc A represents the block or body ofa single-chambered trap, and 7 Y a, `the entry-hole thereto; B, thebait-hook; l l C, the spring-wire saddle; and

D, the usual catchingstrap or loop.` VE isthesetting-lever, working onafuicrum, as at b, and having'a-t its forward end a curved surface, c,

and tooth, d, made sloping on its top.

This lever, El,.isin slotted or strap-like'connection at itsback, withthe free end of the spring or elastic t saddle C, and the baithook B,which is pivoted as at e, is so hung, and its upper end. soforu1ed,'that, on

operating the lever E, and'with it the saddle vG and strap 1),`rorntheposition it is shown to occupy in figs'. 3 and 4 to the positionshown for it in figs. l and 2, it is made Vto act upon the bait-hook, sothat the upper end ofthe'latter falls under the'tooth d, andi therebysets the'trap, the spring saddle G causing the tooth ll to hold thebait-hook against being accidentally shifted, but admitting of the trapbeing released from its setby forward pull on the bait, which forces theupper end of the hook from under the tooth,

when the'spring saddle C is at liberty to fly up, and

with it the strap 1). This forms a very simple and expeditious mode of fsetting the trap, the lever E operating as au automatic setting device,and it involves no costly changesfin i the manufacture of the trap.v v

VThe bait-hook B may be of single wire, shaped as usual to hold thebait, but-is here shownas made of wire, doubled 4and crossed at itslower end, to form double prongs, on which bait of different kinds or oflarger size may be more securely held) than by a hook ofsingleconstruction.

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by' Letters Patent,'is- 1. The combination of the automatic setting-lever4 E and spring orelastic saddle Gwith the strap or loop D, constructed and arranged tooperate as herein described, for the purpose speciticd.

2. In combination with the above,the stop d and bait-hook B, as and forthe purpose speciiied.

EDWARD BUOKMAN. [a s] ALEX. BUOKMAN. [L. 5;] Witnesses: v

S. L. ROWLAND,

FRED. HAYNEs.

